The Terrace
Dutch; Delft
c. 1660
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front.
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About this work
The military gear, musical instruments, and songbooks scattered throughout this composition hint at worldly and romantic pursuits, but the chief subject of the painting is the illusionism of the near and far objects framed by the window. Optical challenges were particularly intriguing to artists working in the Dutch city of Delft. This painting would have blurred the boundaries of indoor and outdoor when hung in a collector’s home.
- Artist
- Dutch; Delft
- Date
- c. 1660
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Origin
- Delft
- Style
- 17th Century
- Collection
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Reference
- 1948.81 · Art Institute of Chicago